This webinar event presented by Reinventing Our Communities will elevate necessary policies and practices to mitigate the negative impacts of COVID-19 on low- and moderate-income (LMI) communities. Leading experts will explore the importance of community agency to rebuilding economies and creating an infrastructure for growth based on local assets, education, and skills. They will also address challenges to this process, which include confronting systemic and structural barriers that have created disparities, especially for LMI populations and communities of color.

Join us for our second annual end of summer social co-hosted by Social Venture Circle and ImpactPHL. This happy hour welcomes the impact community - impact investors, philanthropists, social entrepreneurs, conscious company managers, civic leaders, and innovators. If you’re working to create a better Philadelphia region and connect with others doing the same, please join us as we kick off the new decade and build relationships.

The Philadelphia Citizen’s second annual Ideas We Should Steal Festival™ is a full-day convening that brings the most innovative urban thinkers and global thought leaders together to share and discuss bold ideas that can transform our city. The goal is to take ideas that are working in some cities throught the country, and discuss how they could be implemented right here in Philadelphia.

Discover trends from industry leaders as they examine how their business models increase value for employees, investors, and customers — regardless of company size. Learn how to integrate social impact goals into broader business strategies that maximize the bottom line.

ADVANCE is the inaugural half-day conference — organized by Generocity and supported by Create X Change — dedicated to moving forward ideas, organizations and leaders that drive smarter impact. Professionals come to ADVANCE to make connections and leave with a clear call-to action on how to better serve the community. They’ll advance their careers, organizations and missions.

Philanthropy Network's SPARX Conference is the premier event for regional funders, nonprofits, social investors, and other civic leaders who are leading social change in Greater Philadelphia. Held each fall, the SPARX Conference provides an invaluable opportunity to connect, reflect, and learn alongside colleagues and partners, and be inspired to think broadly and boldly about our work and new ways we can act and invest in our region for greater equity and impact.

Impact Investing has gained significant momentum in recent years and assets invested globally are more than $500 billion. What’s driving this growth? Why are entrepreneurs pursuing double bottom line business models? Why are investors interested in generating both financial and non-financial outcomes as part of their investments? And what does it mean for the Philadelphia region?

An emerging field of alternative and more inclusive investors has quietly begun to transform early-stage entrepreneurship. New financing models and funds have been developed, and a new crop of diverse fund leaders are emerging -- and yet the majority of entrepreneurs have little awareness of these new funding options. If you’re an entrepreneur interested in learning more about new more inclusive forms of capital and the investors leading these funds -- this event is for you.

Join us for our second annual end of summer social co-hosted by Social Venture Circle and ImpactPHL. This happy hour welcomes the impact community - impact investors, philanthropists, social entrepreneurs, conscious company managers, civic leaders, and innovators. If you’re working to create a better Philadelphia region and connect with others doing the same, please join us as we celebrate summer and build relationships.

What does it take to measure and fund positive social change? Please join the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, Nonprofit Finance Fund, Philanthropy Network Greater Philadelphia, and Wharton Social Impact Initiative to discuss how service providers, funders, and government are working together to achieve lasting outcomes for their communities, as well as practical strategies for reorienting around outcomes in your work.

The Philadelphia Citizen is bringing their well known series called “Things We Should Steal” from the written word to the physical this coming November. The penned series involves peeking in on ideas and innovations that are coming to fruition in other cities around the country, and how Philadelphia can and should “steal” those great ideas. The Citizen is excited to announce that this 1st annual day-long “ideas festival” will feature the nation's most innovative civic thinkers, gathered to inspire Philadelphia doers to re-imagine how we solve our city's biggest challenges.

The Chamber of Commerce for Greater Philadelphia is pleased to announce a new half-day conference it is hosting. The goal of the morning forum is to highlight the budding areas of current and potential growth in Philadelphia neighborhoods, and connect the business leaders in some of these market segements to community leaders. Economic growth and job creation should be benefits to neighborhoods as a whole, and The Chamber aims to get the right people in the room to learn and discuss how to make that a reality.

Where are there opportunities to improve economic mobility for low-income residents of the city or those living in low-income communities? How can business, finance, and the “impact economy” spur economic growth and also tackle the root problems of systemic inequality? What can we learn from allies working across sectors in sustainable housing, jobs, workforce development, and grassroots organizing to collectively build a more equal and prosperous society?

This year, for the first time ever, there will be an track specifically for impact-driven ventures at the Philadelphia Alliance for Capital and Technology’s Capital Conference.

This symposium brings attention to the value of mission-aligned investments as a method to advance community impact for public-private partnerships, foundations, social investors, and nonprofits. Mission-aligned investing is a practice whereby funders and social investors make investments beyond grantmaking and charitable giving to advance social impact that is aligned with their mission. Additionally, this symposium will officially present Philanthropy Network’s efforts to advance the practice of mission-aligned investing in our region.

Join The Citizen for an evening with Anand Giridharadas, author of the provocative new book, Winners Take All: The Elite Charade of Changing the World, and Jay Coen Gilbert, co-founder of B Lab, the nonprofit behind the international B Corp movement of using business as a force for good. It promises to be a compelling, even controversial, discussion.

Before Summer slips off into a memory, we're going to convene for a summertime social co-hosted by SOCAP365, ImpactPHL, and Investors' Circle / Social Venture Network. Put the date on your calendar now. You won't want to miss this!

While conversations around workforce development are happening all over the city, organizations are still struggling to find tangible ways to bring more nontraditional populations into the workforce, particularly the homeless and panhandling communities. At this issue forum, businesses will share their success stories and provide practical solutions that can grow your business while still having a positive impact on Philadelphia. Join us for a discussion on theses collaborative efforts underway.

Join Net Impact Philadelphia as we team up with ImpactPHL for a special Best for PHL session. Along with an assessment, special guests will help you figure out how you can start making an impact at work even if you aren't the CEO or working directly in a corporate social responsibility role. After going through a short assessment we'll discuss your results and how you can help your company adopt practices that impact workers, your community, and the environment. Have an idea you don't know how to make actionable? We'll open the floor for questions on how to best present to CSR leads and really get involved.

Confronting the wicked problems of the 21st century (changing climate, growing urban population, mass economic inequality) in Philadelphia will require strategic, collaborative investment from all sectors. How can the local Philadelphia funding community strengthen efforts to most effectively deploy capital across the region and tackle these wicked challenges in our own backyard? Where are funding partners already working together, where are the gaps, and what new opportunities for collaboration might we create? Join us for an evening of bold conversation, new thinking, and community of allies and peers at this evening panel discussion, followed by drinks and networking.

This year's event theme will focus on recognizing and overcoming bias in funding, hiring, and education as we work toward a more inclusive tech community. Our keynote speaker will be Ross Baird, Founder & President of Village Capital and author of "The Innovation Blind Spot: Why We Back the Wrong Ideas - and What to Do About It."